Chadd Bennett, owner and principal designer, has created and implemented data communications products since 2009. After ten years as full time staff at a Washington state government agency and a nonprofit association, a family relocation to Chicago fomented the foundation of Data Aha.
By focusing on local mission-oriented organizations with limited resources, he strives for mutual benefit in each engagement: learning to understand Chicago and Illinois unique issues and challenges, while sharing his cross-functional creativity and experience to uncover opportunities and insights.
I love to design and build data communications products, and have designed hundreds of charts and maps in Tableau, Excel, Power BI, InDesign/Illustrator for dashboards, presentations, reports, and constituent profiles (plus countless project proposals and fun side-projects!)
I honestly love retrieving, cleaning, merging and describing data from internal and open/public sources. I have designed and conducted periodic data collections and surveys from partners and individuals, often with governance policies requiring suppression privacy compliance.
I am thoughtful at assessing, designing, and evaluating products, projects, processes and tools from a variety of user perspectives.
Colleagues and clients have described me as a collaborative and supportive partner, comfortable working with support, managerial and executive staff; adaptable, loyal, and hard working, flexible to change, open to feedback, and continuously improving product and skill; Intensely curious and enthusiastic, bringing energy and helping positively change team and project dynamics.